IS 6185: Specification and safety requirements for high chairs

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IS 6185 (1971) : Specification and safety requirements for
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IS: 6185 -1971

( Reaffirmed 2005 )

Indian Standard

SPECIFICATION AND SAFETY
REQUIREMENTS FOR HIGH CHAIRS

( Second Reprint FEBRUARY 1996 )
UDC 634.434,2

© Copyright 1972

BUREAU OF INDIAN STANDARDS

MANAK BHAVAN, 9 BAHADUR SHAH ZAFAR MARG
NEW DELHI 110002

Gr 2 January 1972

IS 1 6185- 1971

Indian Standard

SPECIFICATION AND SAFETY
REQUIREMENTS FOR HIGH CHAIRS

Furniture Sectional Committee, BDG 35
Chairman

ShJU J. P. J. BlLDIORIA

1st Floor, Dundoo Vihar, 3464 Rashtrapathi Road,
Secunderabad 3 (AP)

Members Representing

Shri M. R. Bhalla Hindustan General Industries Ltd, Delhi

Shri Harcharan Singh Nanva
{^Alternate )
Shri A. M. Chaki Calcutta Cabinet Makers* and Furnishers' Association,

Calcutta
Shri R. M. Chaudhri Indian Aluminium Co Ltd, Calcutta

Shri J. K. Anand ( Alternate )
Shri B. Dayal Small Industries Service Institute, New Delhi

Shri Feroze Engineer The Hyderabad Allwyn Metal Works Ltd,

Hyderabad
Shri D. P. Wadia ( Alternate )
Shri Goverdhan N. Gidwani Directorate General of Supplies & Disposals

( Ministry of Supply )
Shri H. C. Verma ( Alternate )
Shri T. S. Gill Central Public Works Department

Shri M. J. Jal .Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Co Pvt Ltd, Bombay

Shri Himmatlal N. Khira Jayanand Khira & Co Pvt Ltd, Bombay

Shri Jayanand N. Khira ( Alternate )
Shri K. S. Lauly Indian Plywood Manufacturing Co Ltd, Dandeli

Shri M. S. Mauthia ( Alternate )
Dr N. T. Mathew Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta

Shri J. V. Mehta Engineer-in-Chief's Branch, Army Headquarters

Prof J. N. Moudgill University of Delhi, Delhi

Shri B. Nandi Posts & Telegraphs Department ( Ministry of

Communications )
Shri Jeet Malhotra ( Alternate )
Shri Ashok C. Patel Chandan Metal Products Private Ltd, Baroda

Shri Arun C. Patel ( Alternate )
Shri C. T. Radhakrishnan Public Works Department, Government of

Tamil Nadu
Representative Curzon & Co, Madras

Shri A: C. Sekhar Forest Research Institute & Colleges, Dehra Dun

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BUREAU OF INDIAN STANDARDS

MANAK BHAVAN, 9 BAHADUR SHAH ZAFAR MARG
NEW DELHI1 10002

IS *6185-1*71

Mmtxn Ibprmmtinz

Srau J. D. Shast*i ' India* Institute of Architect* Bombay

Saw CD* Shamca ( internet*)
Sbri R. D. SftxvASTAVA Central Building Research Institute (CSIR),

Shbi T. N. Gotta ( AUtrmU )
Stat L. G. Toys Research, Designs & Standards Organisation

(Ministry of Railways)
ShriN. V. Shastri ( Altmat*)
Smu N. Venkataiaman Western India Plywoods Ltd, Gannanore District

(Kerala)
Skri A. K. Ramagbandran ( AlttrnaU )
ftirpy p. Ajtiha Simha, Director General, ISI ( Ex-qficio Mmbcr )

Director ( Civ Engg )

StcrtUay

Shri V. K. Goqna

Deputy Director ( Architecture )", ISI

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Indian Standard

SPECIFICATION AND SAFETY
REQUIREMENTS FOR HIGH CHAIRS

0. FOREWORD

0.1 This Indian Standard was adopted by the Indian Standards Institu-
tion on 30 July 1971, after the draft finalized by the Furniture Sectional
Committee had been approved by the Civil Engineering Division Council,

0.2 This standard deals with methods of check testing to ascertain the
behaviour of the chair under normal conditions of use and supervision*

0.2.1 It does not attempt to restrict the design of a chair leaving it
entirely to the manufacturer to evolve a design and construction that will
meet the tests specified in the standard.

0.2.2 It is intended that chairs made to comply with the safety require-
ments of the standard will give reliable service when used in a proper
manner and for the purpose for which they have been designed.

0.3 In the formulation of this standard due weightage has been given to
international co-ordination among the standards and practices prevailing
in different countries in addition to relating it to the practices in the field
in this country,

0.* This standard is one of a series of Indian Standards on furniture.

0.5 For the purpose of deciding whether a particular requirement of this
standard is complied ^th, the final value, observed or calculated, express-
ing the result of a test or analysis, shall be rounded off in accordance with
IS; 2-1960*. The number of significant places retained in the rounded
off value should be the same as that' of the specified value in this standard.

1. SCOPE

1.1 This standard specifies materials and covers safety requirements and
tests aimed to assess the safety of a high chair for the use of infants.

♦Rules for rounding off numerical values ( rtvistd ) .

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2. TERMINOLOGY

2*0 For the purpose of this standard the following definition shall apply.

2.1 High Chair — A chair in which an infant can be safely and
comfortably seated. The chair is fitted with a feeding tray. The chair
may or may not be adjustable for height or for performing other functions.
The height of a non-adjustable seat is such that the infant can sit at the
normal, table with its feet resting on a foot rest appreciably above the floor
level.

3. MATERIALS

3*1 Materials used for the high chair shall be robust and easily cleaned.
Except under abnormal conditions of use they shall not be corroded by
acids, alkalis, or other chemicals to an extent which would impair the use
of the chair.

3.1.1 The materials used in the construction of high chairs when tested
in accordance with an appropriate Indian Standard shall be capable of
withstanding a standard flammability test applicable to that material.

4. CONSTRUCTION

4.1 The chair shall support the child in comfort, but should not impose
undue restriction of movement except in so far as to prevent the child
falling from the chair.

4.1.1 In case of chairs where adjustment in height is provided, the
mechanism enabling these adjustments shall be fully lockable preferably
automatically, and it shall not be possible for the child to release it.

4.1.2 Preferably chairs shall not be fitted with castors or other wheeling
devices but shall have their legs fitted with non-slip rubber, plastics or
similar material, the jion-slip characteristic being either inherent in the
material or attained by shape.

4.1.3 There shall be no sharp edges or sharp corners, no open-ended
tubes and no crevices in the feeding tray in which food could lodge.

4.1.4 There shall be a strap or other retaining device across the gap
between a tray and the seat so that the child has one leg each side of it
when seated and cannot slip down under the tray.

4.1.5 Safety straps, or fixing rings for them which will not permanently
distort^ shall be provided.

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5. TESTS

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5.2 Stability — Both when containing the dummy and without it, the
chair shall not fall over when tilted on a platform, against a floor stop* to
an angle of 15° from the vertical in any direction. This test shall be
applied to the chair in each of its normal adjustment positions and when
the dummy is in position jt shall remain strapped securely during the test.

5.3 Mechanical Devices — Visual examination of all mechanical devices
shall be made after the test to detect any distortion or apparent weakness.

5A Resistant to Corrosion — Plated metal parts shall have sufficient
resistance to corrosion as a result of weather effects and shall be tested in
accordance with IS : 5528-1968*.

6. MARKING

6.1 Each high chair shall bear the manufacturer's name or trade-mark.

6.1.1 Each high chair may also be marked with the ISI Certification
mark.

Note — The use of the ISI Certification Mark is governed by the provisions of the
Indian Standards Institution (Certification Marks) Act, and the Rules and Regula-
tions made thereunder. Presence of this mark on products covered by an Indian
Standard conveys the . assurance that they have been produced to comply with the
requirements of that standard, under a well-defined system of inspection, testing and
quality control during production. This system, which is devised and supervised by
ISI and operated by the producer, has the further safeguard that the products as
actually marketed are continuously checked by ISI for conformity to the standard.
Details of conditions, under which a licence for the use of the ISI Certification Mark
may be granted to manufacturers or processors, may be obtained from the Indian
Standards Institution.

♦Method of testing corrosion resistance of electroplated and anodized aluminium
coatings by copper-accelerated acetic acid salt*spray ( CASS ) test.